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ALAN RUEDA
Every great songwriter can identify that powerful moment of origin when the creative dam broke and the melodies and lyrical narratives...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 18, 2020


GREYE, "Lucky"
In the six years since Daytona Beach, FL progressive Americana rockers Greye released their debut album Providence, they’ve captivated...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 25, 2020


AL GOLD'S PARADISE
Take note! When you enter Al Gold’s Paradise, leave your regional musical stereotypes at the door and keep an open mind. As you’re...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020


RUARK, When You Coming Home
If someone played tunes from Ruark’s debut album When You Coming Home for you without telling you they’re an emerging indie trio from...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 24, 2020


MATT ZADDY, "Busy"
Lots of relationships break up because the partners are too busy in the frenetic modern to spend much time developing deeper connections...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 11, 2019


LORENA LEIGH AND KEVIN DANIEL at The Hotel Cafe
Hands down, the coolest part of an evening at the Hotel Café is the whirlwind of cool, mixed genres you may experience in a single...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 17, 2019


JON PATRICK WALKER, Welcome To the Edge Times
Whether you’ve heard Jon Patrick Walker’s previous albums The Guilty Party (2013) or People Going Somewhere (2016) or not, you can’t help...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 9, 2019


WILDWOOD KIN, Wildwood Kin
Listening to the lush, soulful acoustic melodies and soaring vocal harmonies of UK acoustic alt folk trio Wildwood Kin on their truly...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 9, 2019


KATIE DAHL, Wildwood
Those bitter Midwestern winters we love to gripe about have indirectly given us one of modern folk music’s greatest treasures in Katie...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 19, 2019


MATTHEW SQUIRES, Visions of America
On Matthew Squires’ bandcamp page, where you can start digging in to the seven critically acclaimed releases the Austin based...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2019


NICHOLAS ALTOBELLI, Vertigo
Artfully blending gritty, heartfelt folk/Americana with a seductive, atmospheric dream pop vibe, Nicholas Altobelli launches his second...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 28, 2019


KING ROPES, Gravity and Fiction
Full of impactful, insightful, image rich narratives reflecting the music and life journeys of lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2019
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